Camper&#39;s stove



P. LOFFREDO CAMPERS STOVE Jul 18, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed 001:. 30,1946 INVENTOR. PETER LOFFREDO ATTUK/YEV.

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, PETER LOFFREDO A TTO/Fh/f Patented July 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE CAMPERS STOVE Peter Lofiredo, Waukesha, Wis.

Application October 30, 1946, Serial No. 706,543

2 Claims. 1

My invention relates to campers stoves and more particularly to a devicethat may be used as a barbecue grill provided with a fire box.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable campers stove thatmay be folded into a compact unit and may be transported by a handleattached thereto.

Another object of my invention is to construct the device in a mannerwhereby the entire device may be folded to form a single enclosure, forcarrying the various parts constituting the device.

A still further object of my invention is to construct the parts forminga part of the device in a manner whereby they may be folded and arrangedto fit within the enclosure during its transportation.

Other and further objects of my invention will become more apparent asthe description proceeds and when taken in conjunction with the drawingsin which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled device set upready for use, and showing a fire box in phantom.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device in an open position withall the parts arranged within the two compartments forming theenclosure.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device in a folded position readyfor transporting.

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional fragmentary view of the device as shown inFigure 1 in an open position.

Figure 5 is a top or plan view of the device in an open position. t

Figure 6 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of the hinge portion ofthe device, showing the griddle plate in a vertical suspended position.

Figure '7 is a top or plan view of the hinge structure shown in Figure6, and

Figure 8 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of the griddle plate in araised position where it may be supported by the top surface of the wiregrill.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and referring now to the same, the device consists oftwo half portions in the form of hollow sections one a number In forminga table section, another II forming a stove section, the two sections l0and H are hingedly attached to one another at l2 and have their opensides downwardly disposed when the device is in a position as shown inFigures 1 and 4.

The hollow stove portion H is provided with a wire grill I3 which ishingedly attached at l3 and extends across the open portion of thesection I I. There is also a slidably mounted griddle plate it which issupported at l5 by means of pins and which slides outward and upwardfrom the stove section N. This griddle plate I4 is disposed and arrangedin a manner to permit its being hingedly supported by the flange [6 whenraised to a position as shown in the dotted lines I! in Figure 1, it maybe placed onto the top surface of the wire grill I3 and when not in usemay be downwardly disposed and supported as shown in Figure 1.

Both the table section l0 and the stove section ll are provided withsocket members i8 which are provided with thumb screws l9. These socketmembers support standards 20 on all four corners of the device when thetwo sections are in an open position as shown in Figures 4 and 5. Thestandards are shown constructed of a plurality of members telescopicallyengaging one another to allow for the variation in the height of theassembled device when in use. These standards being held to any desiredlength by means of the thumb screws 2i shown inserted into one of thesections constituting the standard 20. The rea son for the telescopicarrangement of the standards 20 is to enable them to be placed withinthe table section it) as shown in Figure 2, where they are held inposition by means of the guide member 22 attached to the table member IDat 23.

In Figures 1 and 4, I show the standards extending outward angularly sothat they will support the device more rigidly and keep it from tipping.By slanting these standards in an angular position, the danger oftipping is eliminated.

The stove section II is further provided with inwardly extending members24 which act as a support for the fire box shown in phantom as 25. Thisfire box may be supported at any predetermined height, and may be of anyshape and contour, but constructed of a plurality of parts that wouldfold together into a compact unit as shown at 26 in Figure 2, so thatthey occupy as little space as possible and permit the engagement of theentire fire box unit into one of the sections ill or II as shown inFigure 2.

The entire unit is held in a closed position as shown in Figure 3 bymeans of latches 21 attached to the edges of the sections H) and H, andthere is a handle 28 attached to one of the sections to enable the userto carry the entire unit in its unassembled and folded position.

It is manifest to anyone familiar with the art that the device portrayedin the drawings and specification provides a campers stove, acombination table and picnic stove, and may be used with any type offire box or fuel. It can also be adjusted to any desirable height andthe parts are so attached to one another and constructed in a manner topermit their being folded and reduced to a compact size so that they maybe placed within the combine of the enclosure formed by the sections 10and I l, and when these sections are retained in a closed position bymeans of latches 21, they will provide a very compact, easilytransported unit.

While I have herein shown and described a single construction and asingle arrangement of the component parts constituting the device, I amfully cognizant of the fact that many changes in the form andconfiguration of these component parts may be made without affectingtheir operativeness, and I reserve the right to make such changes as Imay deem necessary or convenient without departing from the spirit of myinvention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent in the United States is:

1. A device of the character described to be used in combination with afOlding type fire box, said device comprising two hollow sections, oneof said sections acting as a table section, the other of said sectionsacting as a heating section, both of said sections hingedly attached toone another in a manner to permit their open portion to be disposeddownwardly when in an operating position, a pair of standards for eachof said sections, said standards being removably attached to saidsections, a grill hingedly attached to said heating section, saidheating section provided with an aperture at its top, a griddle plateslidably mounted to said heating section and supported thereby, one ofsaid sections provided with a handle, and clamping means for retainingsaid sections in a closed position when said standards and griddle aredisposed within said enclosure formed by the two sections.

2. A campers stove of the character described to be used in combinationwith a folding type of fire box, said campers stove consisting of twosections, one section serving as a table section, the other sectionprovided with an aperture through its top serving as a heating section,both of said sections hingedly attached to one another, sockets attachedto the outer corners of said section, standards provided for engagementwith said sockets, said sockets disposed in angular relation to the topof said section, said standards constructed of a plurality of partstelescopically engaging one another to allow for height adjustment ofsaid unit, means on said heating section for supporting said foldingtype fire box, a grill hingedly attached to said heating section, saidgrill arranged to extend over the aperture of said section, a griddleplate slidably attached to said heating section, a handle attached toone of said sections at a point opposite to the hinges thereon, andclamping means for retaining said sections in engagement with oneanother when the folded fire box, the griddle plate, the grill and thestandards are disposed within the enclosure formed by the sections, toafford portability of the device.

PETER LOFFREDO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 142,866 Johannsen Nov. 13,1945 488,349 Bradley Dec. 20, 1892 1,378,178 Korn May 17, 1921 1,491,080Clark Apr. 22, 1924 1,566,504 Pearsall Dec. 22, 1925

